“Do for the love of doing, for the love of others. That’s unmeasurable, and profoundly life changing.” I have had several conversations over the past week about alternatives to living without goals. Some people just can’t live with the pressure of a looming deadline for a goal. It’s no secret that I love Douglas Adams. Let me quote him: I Read more…

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.” -Douglas Adams That is one of my favorite quotes by Douglas Adams that has had a huge impact in my life. Recently on zenhabits.net, Leo Babauta writes on the experience of doing without an end goal in mind. This Read more…

This week I stumbled across something once stated by Winston Churchill: “Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.” Stumbling across these words was one of those perfectly timed discoveries. I was sitting in a moment of frustration…on the verge of adopting a temporary defeatist state of mind. Those words pulled me out of my defeatist attitude and Read more…

Have you ever hear of wilderness therapy? What about adventure therapy? Maybe you’ve heard of outdoor behavioral healthcare? Well, if you’ve heard them all or think I’m talking about giving therapy to the trees, there is actually a type of therapy that is experiential-based and often uses nature as a tool for change. This is a type of therapy with Read more…

I just got back from leading one of my Military-Extension Adventure Camps at the Big South Fork River. We had a ton of fun whitewater canoeing, camping along the river coastline, and getting to know each other. Right before our take-out point yesterday, one of my colleagues read a short essay to the group as a way to bring our Read more…